Handle for articles of hardware.



0 L HARRISON HANDLE FOR ARTICLES 0? HARDWARE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1910.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

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OWEN L. HARRISON, OF COLETA, ILLINOIS.

HANDLE FOR ARTICLES OF HARDWARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16,1912.

Application filed September 3, 1910. Serial No. 580,374.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWENL. HARRIsoN, of Coleta, in the county ofWVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Handles for Articles of Hardware; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in handles for articles ofhardware, such as stove-lid lifters, pokers, culinary utensils, etc.,theobject of the invention being to provide a simple and substantialconstruction which can be easily and quickly assembled to form aventilated handle.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts as here inafter setforth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating the appli cation of my improvements to a stove-lid lifter.Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewshowing a modification, and Figs. 4 and 5 are views illustrating theadaptability of my improve ments to a culinary utensil.

1 represents the hook-portion of a stovelid lifter which is provided atits rear end with a socketed member 2. The handle 3 comprises an annularseries of wires 4 which are suitably spaced apart and bent inwardly atone end, forming shoulders 5, from which latter the wires are extendedto form fingers 6 disposed within the socketed member 2 and the upperend of the latter is beveled inwardly as at 7 to permit the shoulderedends of the wire handle members to lie closely against the said socketedmember 2. When the fingers at the ends of the wire handle members shallhave been inserted into the socketed member 2, a pin or key 8 will bedriven into the socketed member so as to force the fingers 6 against thewall of the member 2 with suflicient pressure to lock the fingered endsof the wire handle members to the socketed member. The pin or key 8 ispreferably made cylindrical in form and provided at one end with a pointand at the other end with a head.

Before the wire handle members shall have been connected with thesocketed portion 2 of the lifter 1, as above described, the upper orrear end of the wires 4 will be provided with hooks 9 which are insertedthrough an annular series of holes 10 in a disk 11, said hooks being soformed that after they shall have been inserted through the holes in thedisk, the free ends 12 of said hooks will project inwardly and engagethe inner face of the disk 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In order thatthe wires shall be properly spaced the disk 11 is provided with notches11 for their reception. After wire handle members shall have beenattached to the disk 11, as above explained, the fingered ends of saidwire handle members will be secured in the socketed portion of thelifter, as already described and a handle will be formed having nocentral core to radiate heat to the longitudinally disposed wires andthe latter will be so spaced apart as to permit free circulation of airthrough the handle to prevent undue heating of the same.

Instead of connecting the upper or rear ends of the wire handle membersby means of a perforated disk, a ring 13 may be employed and the upperhooked ends of said wire handle members inserted through the opening ofsaid ring (the latter constituting in effect a socketed member) and akey driven through the ring in such manner as to force the hooked endsof the handle members firmly against the inner face of said ring andthus securely fasten the parts together.

iVhen the handle is to be applied to a cooking utensil, a plate 14 maybe employed and provided with a socketed member 15 for the reception ofthe fingered ends of the wire handle members and if desired a key, suchas shown at 16 Fig. 4, may be employed and upset at both ends. The plate14 is provided with holes 17 for the accom1nodation of fastening devicesto secure the same to the utensil. Instead of employing the plate 14 thesocketed member may be made integral wit-h the utensil and in that eventa key such as shown in Fig. 2 would be employed and driven in place.

Various other slight changes might be made in the details ofconstruction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereofor limiting its scope and hence I do not wish to restrict myself to theprecise details herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,

l. A handle comprising a socket member, a plurality of Wire handlemembers having portions at one end closely assembled and inserted insaid socket member, a key driven between the portions of the wire handlemembers which enter said socket member and forcing them outwardlyagainst the walls of the socket member, and means connecting the otherends of said wire members.

2. A handle comprising an annular series of wire members provided at oneend with hooks having shoulders at their free ends, a circular member towhich said hooks are secured, a socket member into which the oppositeends of the wire members project, and a key forcing said wire membersoutwardly against the wall of said socket member.

3. A handle comprising an annular series of wire members, each having ahook at one end and each having a shoulder and a finger at the otherend, a perforated disk receiving the hooked ends of said wire members, asocket member into which the fingers of said wire members project, and akey forcing said fingers outwardly against the wall of the socketmember.

4. A handle comprising a plurality of wires each having a hook at oneend providedwith a shoulder, a disk having perforations receiving thehooked and shouldered ends of the wires for connecting said wiresproperly spaced apart, and means for securing the other ends of saidwires in fixed positions.

In testimony whereof, 'I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

OWEN L. HARRISON. Witnesses:

B. H.- KLINE, ANNA KLINE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

